Synchronized spectrum sharing across multiple adjacent carriers

An apparatus comprising:

• a processor configured to:
• perform first sensing in a first sensing time designated for a first channel, wherein the first channel is an operational channel of a first wireless communication device;
• and
• perform second sensing in a second sensing time designated for a second channel adjacent to the first channel, wherein the second channel is an operational channel of a second wireless communication device;
• detect, based on performing the second sensing, a request-to-transmit (RTS) signal indicating a first time-division duplex (TDD) uplink (UL)/downlink (DL) configuration of the second wireless communication device, wherein each of the first and second wireless communication devices has a semi-static TDD pattern;
• and
• a transceiver configured to communicate, with a third wireless communication device in the first channel, a communication signal in the first channel based on the first sensing and the second sensing.

A non-transitory computer-readable medium having program code recorded thereon, the program code comprising:

• code for causing a first wireless communication device to perform first sensing in a first sensing time designated for a first channel, the first channel being an operational channel of the first wireless communication device;
• code for causing the first wireless communication device to perform second sensing in a second sensing time designated for a second channel adjacent to the first channel, the second channel being an operational channel of a second wireless communication device;
• code for causing the first wireless communication device to detect, based on performing the second sensing, a request-to-transmit (RTS) signal indicating a first time-division duplex (TDD) uplink (UL)/downlink (DL) configuration of the second wireless communication device wherein each of the first and second wireless communication devices has a semi-static TDD pattern;
• and
• code for causing the first wireless communication device to communicate, with a third wireless communication device in the first channel, a communication signal in the first channel based on the first sensing and the second sensing.

An apparatus comprising:

• means for performing first sensing in a first sensing time designated for a first channel, the first channel being an operational channel of a first wireless communication device;
• means for performing second sensing in a second sensing time designated for a second channel adjacent to the first channel, the second channel being an operational channel of a second wireless communication device;
• means for detecting, based on the means for performing the second sensing, a request-to-transmit (RTS) signal indicating a first time-division duplex (TDD) uplink (UL)/downlink (DL) configuration of the second wireless communication device, wherein each of the first and second wireless communication devices has a semi-static TDD pattern;
• and
• means for communicating, with a third wireless communication device in the first channel, a communication signal in the first channel based on the first sensing and the second sensing.